TNAG-1169-FCO40-1449-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 22

HRR 040/1

1980

DWF TL 061/08

TOKYO TL 71

16/4

HONG KONG TL

GRS 140

CONFIDENTIAL

TELELETTER

FROM J S WHITEHEAD TOKYO

FILE REF 020/3 DATED 8.4.82.

FOLLOWING FOR A E DONALD ESQ CMG.

Paro 11/5.

Guidance telen needed?

сибок Mr. Elyou Mr. McQuade

May

Mavy hitt

See in

we talk about this?

I don't thank Hong Kong

be all

ти

that pleased by

this excessive real!

COPIED TO

SIR P CRADOCK KCMG, PEKING

Artmald

13/4

R J T MCLAREN ESQ CMG, HONG KONG (PERSONAL)

JAPANESE INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG .

183,

196

1. I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SIRP CRADOCK IN HIS TELELETTER OF 2 APRIL AND PEKING TEL NO 210 OF 8 APRIL.

2. IT FOLLOWS THAT WE WOULD STILL WELCOME A LINE WHICH WE COULD TAKE WITH THE JAPANESE CONSIDERABLY EARLIER THAN THE SUMMER. SINCE WE WISH TO STEER THE JAPANESE AWAY FROM SENSITIVE MATTERS MIGHT IT NOT BE WORTH TALKING TO THEM HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE WHERE WE ARE NOT IN POSSESSION OF THE RELEVANT THINKPIECES. THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO BE WHERE JAPANESE POLICY IS MADE.

SIGNED J S WHITEHEAD.

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